@Capot: from the "Funny-You-Should-Mention Dept.": I almost made a post here a few days ago that sounded like the beginning of yours. You said the UK Gazette website was a "Civil Service IT lash up". I couldn't have said that any better concerning our friends at the FAA.
I recently went to the FAA's website to figure out how I could make this RSS news feed idea work to help substantiate even in part my "compliance attempts" with a Company SMS. I looked all around the FAA's site and they do have RSS on offer. However, I checked where all the news feeds would come from if you did subscribe. Unfortunately, the FAA will happily send you news about Press Releases, Fact Sheets, Speeches, and even Testimony. However, nothing is mentioned about news for proposed or new regulations, airworthiness issues, NOTAMs, etc. Huh?? Shouldn't the FAA first supply "need to know" info by modern electronic means before all that "nice to know" guff?
Not being dissuaded by this, I wrote the FAA from inside its web site to ask that same question (albeit more politely <grin>). It's been three weeks and I haven't heard a thing from them. Too bad. I wish a government agency I support with my tax money was more responsive.
I still like this idea of using RSS feeds to help substantiate the issue of SMS compliance. I just hope I'm missing something and at least some of the world's major aviation authorities can supply needed regulatory news by RSS feeds. If anyone has a follow-up idea, I'd like to hear it. CU.